1. Intranatal Torsion of Polydactyly: A Rare Event
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A. K. Patwari, Sujoy Neogi, Priyanka Gupta, and Amlin Shukla
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Male ,Torsion Abnormality ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology and Forensic Medicine ,Fingers ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,Humans ,Medicine ,030222 orthopedics ,Suture ligation ,Polydactyly ,business.industry ,Infant, Newborn ,Torsion (gastropod) ,General Medicine ,Anatomy ,musculoskeletal system ,medicine.disease ,Infant newborn ,Surgery ,body regions ,biological sciences ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,business - Abstract
Polydactyly is one of the most common anomalies of hand and/or foot. Postnatal torsion of pedunculated polydactyly is a well known complication but intranatal torsion has been infrequently described in published literature. Here, we describe a case of pedunculated ulnar polydactyly which was gangrenous at birth due to intranatal torsion. Controversies surrounding the management of narrow pedicled pedunculated polydactyly by traditional method of suture ligation at base are also discussed.
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- 2016
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